In a quest to be “the best in the league,” Allen also has gained six pounds and trained with speed coach Ryan Flaherty, which gives Allen more speed when making cuts and when running in a straight line.

“It just makes him a more powerful threat when he’s that good at the line and has speed behind it,” Wright said. “A lot of times, he will win at the line, but when you’ve got recovery speed, you can make up for that. Now that he’s faster, it’s not going to be as easy to make up once you lose at the line. He’s going to be open on more of his routes.”

“He always was a great route runner,” Rivers said. “There just seems to be a little more juice.” (Perhaps not the ideal word, given the weight gain.)

Last year’s 1,000-yard season came, as Gehlken points out, largely from intermediate routes. This year, Allen may be able to crank it up even deeper, which could in turn help open up the rest of the offense as opponents spend more time focusing on him.

Allen has a long way to go to be the best receiver in the league, but he performed better than most first-year wideouts do. Year two could be even better.

I love me some KA, He is my adopted Charger. But I wish these guys would be a bit more humble and stop talking about how good they are. Instead show us how good you are. Let your play on the field do your talking.

That said, it’s time to get the San Diego Chargers Super Bowl Express rolling.

Would you know we’re riding on the the San Diego Chargers Super Bowl Express?
They’re taking us to the Super Bowl!
All aboard the train, all aboard the train!

hansenbrothers says:Aug 3, 2014 9:43 AM

Everyone is the best of everything. No one is good, they’re all the best. Or at least elite.

Would you know we’re riding on the the San Diego Chargers Super Bowl Express?
They’re taking us to the Super Bowl!
All aboard the train, all aboard the train!
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48 years, and still no rings. Maybe the Chargers should get off that train, and get on a plane. Choo choo.

CAL receivers get overlooked in the draft because they aren’t as big as a program as the other Pac 12 schools and Keenan was one of them last year. Receivers like Tavon Austin and Justin Hunter were so overrated last year and picked before him.

He fits the Chargers’ new dump pass game plan. Quite the opposite of the VJ/Floyd/Gates stretch-the-field days. With KA, Royal and Whitehead catching quick releases, speed becomes our new game plan. And we still have Vincent Brown and Malcolm Floyd as deep threats, and Gates and Green as wild cards.

If Donald Brown and/or Ryan Matthews can move the rock well this year, we will be unstoppable. If they both fail to run well, it will be another mediocre season, which is why acquiring Brown was an absolute must-have insurance policy. Maybe didn’t seem like it at the time, but we really do need to have a run threat if we are going to give Rivers and his receivers a chance to setup big plays.

Im a huge fan. The amount of hate on truths people dont want to hear though is gross. Somebody posts that calvin johnson is better than than keenan allen and it gets 80 thumbs down. Guess they think allen is better than aj green who averaged 97 catches 1400 yards and 11 tds the last 2 seasons. Or dez bryant, or demaryious thomas i mean… Lol you homers. Part of being a good fan is knowing your competition. I like the allens attitude and confidence but ill lay anyone here 10:1 that allen doesnt lead the league in catches, yards, or tds. Please pepper this comment with thumbs down.